[FRESCHOT (Casimir)]. Etat ancien et moderne des duchés de F - Lot 40

[FRESCHOT (Casimir)]. Etat ancien et moderne des duchés de Florence, Modene, Mantoue, & Parme. Avec l`Histoire anecdote des intrigues des cours de leurs derniers princes. A similar Relation de la ville & légation de Bologne has been added. Utrecht, Guillaume van Poolsum, 1711. In-12 of [10] ff. 655, [15] pp. engraved frontispiece, 4 folding genealogical trees. Red half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 false-nerves, gilt title, place and year gilt at foot, gilt fillet on covers, speckled edges (Corfmat). First edition. The author was born in Morteau around 1640; he was a novice in the Benedictine congregation of Saint-Maur, and ordained on March 20, 1663 at the Saint-Vincent monastery in Besançon.